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[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I never said that being a woman has "anything to do with how a person acts," though.

I didn't say you did. You have been very clear on what your position is on what makes a person a woman, I can assure you I have no confusion there.

To your example of women in a coma, that's a pretty unusual scenario. Generally a person's gender doesn't change, so if a person is no longer capable of thought I wouldn't necessarily change their language given that I know that that person has always been a woman.

What I would like to understand better is why it upsets you so much to think of people not being women?

You are right that not every person has a gender identity, of course.

I am also asking you to please stop insisting that everyone else must construct our sense of self the way you and other genderists do.

I'm not insisting that anyone do anything. I'm describing something that I believe most people naturally do. If I'm wrong about that then I'm wrong, but I'm not telling anyone what they should do.

There are several women in my family with Alzheimer's. They are women, and they consider themselves such. If they did not, I would not love them any less for it.

Also, even if it were true that only a very few people are affected by neurological conditions that make it impossible to have a gender identity, why don't they matter in your world view?

Of course they matter. I don't have to think that someone is a woman for them to matter.